Parliamentary and Electorate Staff (Employment) Act 1992 (WA)

Western Australia Parliamentary and Electorate Staff (Employment) Act 1992 Western Australia Parliamentary and Electorate Staff (Employment) Act 1992 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Short title 2 2. Commencement 2 3. Interpretation 2 Part 2 — Employment of members of staff of Parliament and electorate officers 4. Employers of certain staff of Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly, and of electorate officers 5 5. Employers of other staff of Parliament 6 6. Delegation 6 7. Representation of employers for purposes of Industrial Relations Act 1979 8 Notes Compilation table 9 Western Australia Parliamentary and Electorate Staff (Employment) Act 1992 An Act to provide for the employment of certain members of the staff of Parliament, and electorate officers, by the President of the Legislative Council or the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly or both of them, acting jointly, as the case requires, and for related matters.

Part 1 — Preliminary

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary and Electorate Staff (Employment) Act 1992 1.

2. Commencement This Act shall come into operation on the day on which section 7(1) of the Industrial Relations Amendment Act (No. 4) 1987 comes into operation 1.

3. Interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears — department of the staff of Parliament includes subdivision of a department of the staff of Parliament; electorate officer means person appointed to be an electorate officer — (a) to assist a member of the Legislative Council or a member of the Legislative Assembly in dealing with constituency matters; or (b) to assist the secretary of a parliamentary political party; the Director‑General means the person for the time being holding or acting in the office of chief executive officer of the department of the Public Service principally assisting the Minister administering the Constitution Act 1889 in that administration; the President means the person for the time being holding or acting in the office of President of the Legislative Council or, if there is for the time being no such person, the person for the time being holding or acting in the office of Clerk of the Legislative Council; the Speaker means the person for the time being holding or acting in the office of Speaker of the Legislative Assembly or, if there is for the time being no such person, the person for the time being holding or acting in the office of Clerk of the Legislative Assembly. (2) A reference in this Act to — (a) the Department of the Legislative Council is a reference to the department of the staff of Parliament principally assisting the President in the administration of the affairs of the Legislative Council; (b) the Department of the Legislative Assembly is a reference to the department of the staff of Parliament principally assisting the Speaker in the administration of the affairs of the Legislative Assembly; (c) the Department of the Parliamentary Reporting Staff is a reference to the department of the staff of Parliament principally assisting the President and the Speaker in the reporting of parliamentary debates; (d) the Department of the Parliamentary Library is a reference to the department of the staff of Parliament principally assisting the President and the Speaker in the administration of the library of Parliament; or (e) the Joint House Department is a reference to the department of the staff of Parliament principally assisting the President and the Speaker in the provision of — (i) certain financial and personnel management services to other departments of the staff of Parliament; (ii) catering services; (iii) building and grounds management services; and (iv) security services, by whatever designation that department may from time to time be known. (3) A reference in this Act to — (a) the Chief Hansard Reporter is a reference to the officer of the staff of Parliament principally responsible to the President and the Speaker for the reporting of parliamentary debates; (b) the Parliamentary Librarian is a reference to the officer of the staff of Parliament principally responsible to the President and the Speaker for the administration of the library of Parliament; or (c) the Executive Officer of the Joint House Department is a reference to the officer of the staff of Parliament principally responsible to the President and the Speaker for the provision of the services referred to in subsection (2)(e). (4) An employer under this Act — (a) has the power to appoint persons to be the employees of that employer; and (b) subject to any award, order or industrial agreement in force under the Industrial Relations Act 1979 and without limiting the application to this Act of the Interpretation Act 1984, may at any time exercise in respect of a person employed by that employer any of the powers conferred by sections 52 and 53 of the Interpretation Act 1984.